[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 146 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SENATOR SUNUNU'S GOLDEN GAVEL

  Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, I join the distinguished majority leader 
in expressing my appreciation for your presence here this evening. I 
assure the Chair I will not take him too far down the path to his next 
100 hours--not tonight, anyway.
  I was in the dubious position of being 100th in seniority for the 
previous 2 years. I did not achieve my golden gavel status as swiftly 
as the Senator from New Hampshire, but I did. I suffered through many 
hours when I would rather have been elsewhere in order to achieve that. 
I again thank the distinguished Chair and also commend him for the 
dignity and the stature with which he presides over what are, as we 
both know, occasionally unruly adults.

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